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Celtic migration begins in Europe with many Celts landing in Scotland.
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The Celts settled in Iberia
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Celts had settled in many european countrys including Great Britain, France and invaded Italy. Under the leadership of Brennus, sack Rome.
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The Roman general lands in Britain with an expeditionary force, wins a battle and leaves. The first 'date' in popular British history.
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The Romans came to stay in Great Britain.
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The Romans created the wall in order to proctect Britannia from attacks by the Scots and the Picts.
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Roman empire divided into two parts, East and West.
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Roman government unable to defend Britain.
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The Jutes, Saxons and Angles (germanic tribes) invade and settle in Britain.
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Around the year 600, the vikings began to raid northern Europe and Britain. They came from Scandinavia.
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The Vikings conquered and settled in the islands around Scotland
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Edgar, a grandson of Alfred becomes king of nearly all of present day England and for the first time the name 'England' is used.
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William 'the conqueror' became king of England and changed the country forever
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King John of England signs the Magna Carta this document gave the people some rights and said the king was not above the law.
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This horrible disease would kill around half of the people in Europe.
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Were a series of wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the Royal House: the House of Lancaster (red rose), and the House of York (white rose). The conflict lasted through many episodes between 1455 and 1487. The final victory went to the Lancastrian party, Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who defeated the last Yorkist king, Richard III, at the Battle of Bosworth Field. After assuming the throne as Henry VII, he married Elizabeth of York
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This story starts at the time when the Catholic Church although well established and already wealthy, was going through a period of threatening actions from powerful reformers and different ideologies.
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This story starts at the time when the Catholic Church although well established and already wealthy, was going through a period of threatening actions from powerful reformers and different ideologies.
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Charles 1 is executed for the first and only time in Britain briefly becomes a republic and is called 'The Commonwealth'
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The great fire of London destroys most of the cities old wooden buildings. It also destroys the plague wich never reappears.
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Also called the 'Glorious Revolution', whereby James II was replaced by William III and Mary II as monarch and a constitutional monarchy was established.
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The monarch appointed one principal or prime minister from the ranks of parliment to head its government.
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Under disagreement the Scotish parliment was dissolved and some of its members joined the English and Welsh parliment in London and the two kingdoms became one 'United Kingdom of Great Britain'
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The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system.
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The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon that rapidly brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond.
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The British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson defeats the Napoleon's french fleet.
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The TUC is formed.
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Great Britain declares war on Germany. It's also known as First World War.
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The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II, and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917. In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a communist state.
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The right to vote is extended to women.
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The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its after effects. The crash, which followed the London Stock Exchange's crash of September, signaled the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.
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Britain declares war on Germany
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It was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others)
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Ireland becomes a republic.
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Coronation of Elizabeth II
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Britain send troops to Nothern Ireland for the first time.
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Britain joins the European Economic Community
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It began when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo occurred in response to United States' support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
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The war between Argentina and England for the control of the islands
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British troops leaves Northern Ireland.
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The Olympic Games were held in London.
